Graf Zeppelin borrowed from Bearn, making the French carrier's layout a warning about copying an unsuitable model. The carrier's lift arrangement occupied manoeuvring space needed to turn and position aircraft. The layout shows how a specialised mechanism can impair the wider operating system around it. Three incompatible lift arrangements complicated the ship without giving it a useful handling advantage.
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Bearn's lifts obstruct aircraft handling
Bearn's differently shaped centreline lifts made aircraft movement through the hangar harder rather than easier.